Apparatus for making gas from oil



No. 610,994. Patented Sept. 20, I898. F. L. MARTENETTE.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING GAS FROM OIL.

(Application filed Feb. 9, 1898.)

(N0 Mndei.)

rm: NORRIS 511s; co. wow-um). w-uwnanm. u. a

UNITED STATES PATENT Enron...

APPARATUS FOR MAKING GAS FROM OIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,994, datedSeptember 20, 1898.

Application filed February 9 1898. Serial No. 669,668. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I ,FRANCIS L. MARTENETTE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chico, county of Butte, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Apparatus for Generating Gas from Oil; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same.

My invention relates to "apparatus for generating gas from oil; and itconsists of the construction and combination of parts which I shallhereinafter fully describe and claim.

In the accompanying drawing I illustrate a sectional view of anapparatus constructed according to my invention.

A is a receiver of any suitable size and shape. In the upper part ofthis receiver is a, filling nozzle or passage B, which may be connectedwith any suitable source of supply, and the receiver A can thus becharged whenever desired.

C is an air-pump of any description, with suitable cocks and valves anda pressure-gage, as shown. This pump is connected with the chamber A,and by its means the air may be compressed therein to any desireddegree.

D is a pipe through which the liquid contained in the chamber is forcedout, said pipe having a valve D for controlling and regulating the flowof liquid through the pipe and its connected coil. This liquid may beeither oil or water, and in either case it is forced through the pipe Dinto a coil E, sit-. uated within a heating-furnace F. This f urnace maybe of any suitable or desired description. I have here shown it havingan ash-pit below the grate, with sliding doors G, by which the draft isregulated and through which when opened the ashes may be removed. Thetop of the furnace has a cap H, from which the escape-flue or chimney Irises, and upon one side is a lid or cover J, through which fuel may beintroduced. The coil E receives the liquid, which is forced thereintofrom the chamber A, and in passing around the coil it is vaporized andraised to a high temperature, being superheated if it be steam andhighly vaporized if it be an oil-vapor.

K is a delivery-pipe through which its vapor is discharged, the pipebeing provided with a jet-nozzle, as shown at L. Opening into this pipeat a point adjacent to the jet-nozzle is another pipe M. This pipeconnects with a second coil or heater M within the furnace F, and thiscoil is supplied with air from the opposite or inlet end. The action ofthe jet at L is similar to that of an injector, and by its action avacuum is produced in the pipe M, through which the heated air is drawnand mingled with the vapor, which is discharged through the pipe K andnozzle L.

If the device is to be simply for heating purposes, the vapor of watermaybe employed, which becomes highly superheated by passing through thisfurnace. If intended for lighting purposes, the vapor will be that ofoil, and the air mixed with it at the jet L will be so regulated thatthe resulting compound becomes as illuminating or a heating medium ofhigh power.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

An improved apparatus for generating gas from oil, consisting of afurnace, a heatingcoil contained wholly therein, a chamber adapted toreceive liquid to be vaporized, an air-forcing mechanism connecting withsaid chamber so as to exert a pressure therein to force the liquid fromthe chamber and through the coil, a pipe connecting the chamber with thecoil, a delivery-pipe connected with the outlet end of the coil and ajet-nozzle connected with said pipe, a second coil within the furnacedirectly above the first-named coil, having an air-inlet at one end andhaving the opposite end connected with a pipe which joins thedischarge-pipe of the first-named coil proximate to the jet-nozzle.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANCIS L. MARTENETTE.

